On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 20:02:49 -0400 (EDT) Jennifer Brown wrote:
>
> I am new to this list, I arrived here by being interested in the
> Debian Women Project, so please forgive me if I am jumping in where my
> opinion is not wanted and if I am too long winded.
Hi, and welcome to debian-legal! :)
> I have been trying
> to follow the recent conversation regarding choice of venue (aka forum
> selection clause) and I have a few thoughts...
Thanks for sharing them with us.
[...]
> I fully understand that _may_ and _shall_ are different terms however,
> and I will check on this, but I am pretty sure _may_ in this instance
> is indicating _required._ Again I need to confer with someone to see
> if licensing agreements fall outside of these specialized rules, but I
> don_t think they strictly do.
>
> In conclusion it seems that just because a venue/forum selection
> clause exists does not in-and-of-itself mean that it will hold up in
> court.
But it could hold up, couldn't it?
If this is the case, we must stay on the safe side and assume it will...
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